4th Quarter - Report — RED HAT INC for RED HAT INC (2019)

Firm

RED HAT INC

Client

RED HAT INC

Income

—

Expenses

$80,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

E-commerce and cybersecurity provisions in trade deals

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATT KRUPNICK	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; Promoting open-source innovation; Issues related to patent law; Implementation of Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 (H.R. 1249-112th); STRONGER Patents Act of 2019 (HR3666/S2082); issues related to Trademark law; issues related to Copyright law.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATT KRUPNICK	—

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3666 (116th), H.R. 1249 (116th)

Computer Industry CPI

Ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; Promoting open-source innovation; Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (FY20 NDAA); Federal IT modernization implementation; Cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government, including issues related to government access to data and standards for effective encryption; issues related to privacy law; issues related to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATT KRUPNICK	—

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Defense DEF

Ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; Issues relating to defense procurement; Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (FY20 NDAA).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATT KRUPNICK	—

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.